Configuring video capturing on operator monitor

Video recording from the computer monitor is used to control the operator's actions. You can broadcast video from the computer monitor to C-Werk via the common protocols using the third-party software, for example:

1. Via the RTSP protocol using the VLC Media Player. 
2. Via the ONVIF protocol using the ScreenOnvif software, which can be purchased on the website http://screenonvif.com/en.

This section describes how to configure VLC Media Player to broadcast video from the computer monitor to C-Werk via the RTSP protocol. Configuring C-Werk to receive and record such a video stream is performed in a standard way as described in Configuring an RTSP Server and Configuring recording to an archive.

Configuring VLC Media Player to broadcast video from the computer monitor to C-Werk via the RTSP protocol is performed in the following way:

1. Run VLC Media Player.
2. Select the Open Network Stream... item in the Media menu.
   
3. In the appeared window go to the Capture Device tab.
   
4. From the Capture mode drop-down list, select the Desktop value.
5. Set the required frame rate value for the capture in the corresponding field.
6. In the Play drop-down list, select the Stream value. As a result, the Stream Output window will appear.
   
7. Click the Next button.
8. In the appeared window, select the RTSP value from the New destination drop-down list and click the Add button.
   
9. Go to the RTSP tab.
10. Specify the port and the path to the stream, if necessary.
    
11. Click the Next button.
12. Specify the parameters of video transcoding and click the Next button.
    
13. Click the Stream button in the appeared window.

After that, you can configure C-Werk to receive the RTSP stream and record it to the archive (see Configuring connection of devices via RTSP and Configuring recording to an archive).

Configuring VLC Media Player to broadcast video from the computer monitor to C-Werk via the RTSP protocol is completed.